Electra (Kennedy)
by Adrienne Kennedy

Name: Electra (Kennedy)
Brand: Adrienne Kennedy
SKU: 9780816636037
Rating: 4.14 (60 reviews)

Highlights

Female

Male

One Act40 minsExpandable CastingInterior SetElaborate/High-Volume Costumes

Awards & Recognition

Obie Award

An African-american girl dreams of establishing a heritage and imagines she is applying to bury her father in Westminster Cathedral.

The chorus enters.

Ann Boleyn, Shakespeare, and William the Conqueror scorn her: whoever heard of a black with such a heritage?

Her father was white, she protests, and her mother was his family's cook.

As a child she had to enter through the back door when she wanted to visit him.

A companion piece to Kennedy's revolutionary Funnyhouse of a Negro .

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Bastard'S Black Mother who is the Reverend's Wife, who is Anne Boleyn	female	—	who is the Reverend's Wife, who is Anne Boleyn
Goddam Father who is the Richest White Man In The Town, who is the Dead White Father, who is Reverend Passmore	male	—	who is the Richest White Man In The Town, who is the Dead White Father, who is Reverend Passmore
The White Bird who is Reverend Passmore's Canary, who is God's Dove	—	—	who is Reverend Passmore's Canary, who is God's Dove
The Negro Man	—	—	—
Shakespeare	—	—	—
Chaucer	—	—	—
William The Conqueror	—	—	—
She who is Clara Passmore, who is the Virgin Mary, who is the Bastard, who is the Owl	—	—	who is Clara Passmore, who is the Virgin Mary, who is the Bastard, who is the Owl